Louis van Gaal: These are my transfer plans at Manchester United

The Dutchman has overseen a drastic overhaul of the Red Devils playing staff since taking the Old Trafford hotseat last summer.

Van Gaal has spent over £250m on 13 new players while many players brought to the club by Sir Alex Ferguson have been moved on.

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HOME GROWN TALENT: Louis van Gaal wants to use more of Manchester United's young players

“I am well aware that it is much better to produce players from your own youth education, from your own culture, than to buy players from another culture”

Louis van Gaal

But the 64-year-old has also been willing to put his faith in youth, handing out eight debuts to academy graduates - the latest being Cameron Borthwick-Jackson in Saturday's 2-0 win over West Brom.

And Van Gaal admits he would like to build a team around home-grown players.

He told the Manchester Evening News: "As a manager I am well aware that it is much better to produce players from your own youth education, from your own culture, than to buy players from another culture or country or something like that.

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"And I have provided a lot of examples in my managerial career of that. It is not a surprise for my board because they know."

Van Gaal brought through the likes of Xavi and Andreas Iniesta when in charge of Barcelona while Thomas Muller has hailed the Dutchman for helping him when at Bayern Munich.